Uganda Management Institute Masters in Business Administration

Uganda Management Institute Masters in Business Administration

MBA Uganda Management Institute

A candidate for admission to the MBA of Uganda Management Institute shall hold an Honours degree from a University or institution recognized by the National Council for Higher Education.

•Candidates who hold a professional chartered qualifications like the chartered institute of purchasing and supply (CIPS), ACCA, CPA will equally be admitted for the MBA.

•MBA students will be required to do pre-entry examinations (GMAT) and before admission, the applicants must have scored a mark which in the opinion of the School board is adequate to enroll such a student.

NB: The minimum duration for the Bachelor’s degree should be three years.

TARGET GROUP AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

The work-based research and study programme leading to the Masters in Management Studies (MMS) degree is designed for people with working experience in Public, Private and NGO sectors who require sound analytical and problem solving skills in furthering their career progress. Admission is contingent upon having the following minimum requirements:

@A good university Degree and a UMI postgraduate Diploma with at least 2nd class or its equivalent from a recognised institutions.

@A minimum of two years working experience.

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME:

The objective of the programme is to enhance the job performance of individuals who will attend the programme and the capability and effectiveness of their employing organisations.

The programme is designed to enable participants to:

@Gather, organise, analyse, and evaluate data and information

@Use theoretical and conceptual management knowledge to support analysis and augment leading to logically developed conclusions and recommendations.

@Schedule and accomplish a specific job or activity in a specified time frame.

@Organise information into a meaningful report and present it orally to peers and a panel of examiners.

@Practice and demonstrate management consultancy skills.

@Practice and demonstrate organisational and problem analysis and solving skills, as well as strategic and action planning skills.

@Prepare themselves for the challenging responsibilities of policy analysis, formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

The programme is intended to enable employing organisations/sectors to:

(i)Benefit from the pool of management knowledge, research and consultancy skills at Uganda

Management Institute to analyse their problems and identify practical solutions for performance improvement.

(ii)Link the training of their employees to the in-house situation, thereby making training directly relevant to organisational/ sectoral performance.

(iii)Having their employees develop intra-organisational analysis and consultancy skills that are invaluable for internal consultancy/problem solving and organisational development.

The curricula of the MMS Degree Programme is based on the postgraduate courses. All teaching and course work are done at postgraduate diploma level. Participants who pass examination at postgraduate diploma level with at least second class may be admitted to the MMS programme. The research will be done in one academic year, i.e. an extra one year after the diploma course. The structure of studies leading to the Masters Degree is as follows:

PHASE 1:

The First Phase comprises study and course work for any one of the modularised Postgraduate Diplomas offered at UMI

PHASE 2:

The Second Phase comprises sector/work-based research and study with three elements:

(a)Two-week management research and consultancy workshop

Participants have to attend a two-week management research and consultancy workshop at